[udig-devel] more comments on thursday's RC13 snapshot

[Jesse Eichar]

I can't seem to reproduce the relative path issue any more.  I have it  
fixed for OSX.  I have the file on an external drive.  I add it and  
the URL is fine.  I shut down and reboot and the URL is still fine.    
Perhaps you can clear out the workspace and try again?

Jesse


On 10-Jan-08, at 3:22 AM, Adrian Custer wrote:

> hey all,
>
> A tiny bit more:
>
> A) On re-open all my references are back to being relative with the
> frightful /../../../ stuff. While I don't like the relative  
> references,
> they are perfectly okay IF THEY ARE SHOWN AS CORRECT, i.e. WITH A
> LEADING DOT. Ugly is fine, wrong is NOT. ;-)
>
>
> B) A quick look at CRS workflows.
>
> I'm starting with a situation of having gps data in a shapefile for
> which I have not created a .prj file. I'd like to end up with  
> everything
> being correct.
>
> Start by importing the data to a catalog (btw, I'm finally gtting my
> head around the correct language which should really be 'register the
> data into uDig's register' so the menu should list "Register" but we
> will get to that eventually).
>
> Continue by right clicking on the listing in the 'catalog', and pick
> "Add to New Map"
> ==> Layers view shows the layer name, Map editor shows the shape
> contents. Note that the CRS is 'Generic 2D' (good) and the icon in the
> Layer's view has an explanation point (almost good) which would be
> useful if a user could figure out how to find out what's going on. In
> this case, in the properties layer, we can see info on the line for  
> the
> Coordinate Referencing System (good).
>  Conclusion: Missing full feedback on what happened. It's needed,
> probably as a 'validation' step on registration of the shapefile.
>
> A Bad, but apparently correct, fix. The user may choose to fix any
> 'problem' they detect by setting the CRS of the map to WGS84. The
> coordinates now appear correct and perhaps (untested) overlays will  
> work
> correctly with other data which has .prj so the underlying problem may
> persist hidden from the user waiting to bite them in a confusing way
> later.
>
> The correct fix is *not* to touch the 'map's' CRS but to fix the CRS  
> of
> the layer. Selecting WGS84 there fixes things correct (great) and,  
> if we
> haven't yet touched the map editor CRS, uDig asks the user if that
> should be changed at the same time (fantastic). The only saddness is
> that the user can't, at this point, create a .prj file.
>
> In summary, (1) we need better feedback for missing .prj such as, at a
> minium, a red warning in the status line when we select such an item  
> in
> the catalog or in the layer view and (2) we should offer to create the
> shapefile.
>
> It's hard to keep all this straight so we need to do so to be friendly
> for our users. Perhaps this workflow fix is too much to tackle for  
> 1.1,
> then again, you guys are doing marvels,
>
> --adrian
>
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